Ruler · 1905 – 1982

Ricardo Pérez Godoy

Lived 1905 – 1982; politician, military officer. President of Peru (Peru), 1962 – 1963.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1905 – 1982; 77 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Peru
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Peru

Peru · the 53rd of 73 dated reigns · 1821 – 2026

49 before

Zenón Noriega Agüero1950

Manuel A. Odría1950 – 1956

Manuel Prado Ugarteche1956 – 1962

Ricardo Pérez Godoy1962 – 1963

Nicolás Lindley López1963

Fernando Belaúnde1963 – 1968

Juan Velasco Alvarado1968 – 1975

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1962 – 1963 · 1 year · came to it aged 57

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was deposed by the junta's next man in line, Army General Nicolás Lindley, who swiftly moved into the presidency on March 3.

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